壹

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

number one

HSK 10

Abstract →Numbers

yī

イチ、イツ

ひとつ

일

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

壹

Regular

Modern

Chinese

壹 [yī]

one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Japanese

一、１、壱、弌、壹 (old) いち同音

numericprefix one; 1 (壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
adj-nosuffix best
adj-no first; foremost
noun beginning; start
n-pref a (single); one (of many) (before a noun)
noun card games ace
noun bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (4)

それは壱万円と計算されている。

It is computed at 10,000 yen.

卵を一ダースづつつめなさい。

Pack eggs in dozens.

これは東京一のインドレストランです。

This is the best Indian restaurant anywhere in Tokyo.

津山一高い山は滝山だと思っていました。

I thought the highest mountain in Tsuyama was Takiyama.

CHINESE WORDS (4)

壹败涂地 [yībàitúdì]

beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly

壹败涂地 [yībàitúdì]

beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly

约翰壹书 [Yuēhànyīshū]

First epistle of St John

约翰壹书 [Yuēhànyīshū]

First epistle of St John

JAPANESE WORDS (3)